Family Lore
A Novel
Elizabeth Acevedo
- NATIONAL
- BESTSELLERA
- GOOD
- MORNING
- AMERICA
- BOOK
- CLUB
- PICK!Winner
- of
- the
- NAACP
- Image
- Award,
- Outstanding
- Literary
- Work,
- FictionShortlisted
- for
- The
- Center
- for
- Fiction
- First
- Novel
- PrizeFrom
- National
- Book
- Award-winning
- author
- Elizabeth
- Acevedo
- comes
- the
- story
- of
- one
- Dominican
- American
- family
- told
- through
- the
- voices
- of
- its
- womenFlor
- has
- a
- gift:
- she
- can
- predict,
- to
- the
- day,
- when
- someone
- will
- die.
- So
- when
- she
- decides
- she
- wants
- a
- living
- wake—a
- party
- to
- bring
- her
- family
- and
- community
- together
- to
- celebrate
- the
- long
- life
- she’s
- led—her
- sisters
- are
- surprised.
- Has
- Flor
- foreseen
- her
- own
- death,
- or
- someone
- else’s?
- Does
- she
- have
- other
- motives?
- She
- refuses
- to
- tell
- her
- sisters,
- Matilde,
- Pastora,
- and
- Camila.But
- Flor
- isn’t
- the
- only
- person
- with
- secrets:
- her
- sisters
- are
- hiding
- things,
- too.
- And
- the
- next
- generation,
- cousins
- Ona
- and
- Yadi,
- face
- tumult
- of
- their
- own.Spanning
- the
- three
- days
- prior
- to
- the
- wake,
- Family
- Lore
- traces
- the
- lives
- of
- each
- of
- the
- Marte
- women,
- weaving
- together
- past
- and
- present,
- Santo
- Domingo
- and
- New
- York
- City.
- Told
- with
- Elizabeth
- Acevedo’s
- inimitable
- and
- incandescent
- voice,
- this
- is
- an
- indelible
- portrait
- of
- sisters
- and
- cousins,
- aunts
- and
- nieces—one
- family’s
- journey
- through
- their
- history,
- helping
- them
- better
- navigate
- all
- that
- is
- to
- come.A
- Best
- Book
- of
- 2023
- from:
- Washington
- Post
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- Housekeeping
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